Flying Fortress Crash Landing (1944)

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B-17 Flying Fortress (USAF - United States Air Force) crash landing.  L/S emergency flare being fired at unknown English airfield as flying Fortress comes into land on one wheel after return from bombing raid. The pilot makes great landing and plane does not catch fire.  Emergency services rush to scene.  
FILM ID:1821.04

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